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L. 1. BRKE LEY, RAIL MLGHOR.

APPLICATION FILED IAN- 3.1919.

1,356,688. Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

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L. 1. BERKELEY.

' RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-3.1919- 1356 688, Patented Oct. 26,1920. 1

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAURENCE J. BERKELEY, 0E RACINE, WiSCONSIN, ASSIGNOR 'ro THE P. a M.

COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A conrorm'rron OF ILLINOIS.

RAIL-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAURENCE J. BERKE- LEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county ofRacine and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful ImprovementinRail-Anchors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accomof this specification, inwhich i 2 Figure 1. is a transverse vertical section showinga railanchor embodying my inven- Fi 2 is a plan view of the same with the railn dotted lines and the rail tie partly broken away. I s e e t Fig. 3 isa transverse section of a modii fied form of anchor applied to a rail.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the anchor shown in Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional viewof the anchor.

My invention has relation to rail anchors and is designed to provide adevice of th1s character which'is simple in its construction and mode ofoperation; which will effectively prevent creeping of the rails; andwhich is of such character that when removed after a period of service,it can be readily reused.

- The nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings in which I have showntwo different forms of myinvention and which will now be described, it being premised,

however, that various changes can be made in the details ofconstruction,arrangement narrow plate form having upwardly extendingflanges 5 and 6 at, its respective ends. The flange 5 is formed with aninner approximately vertical rail engaging face 7 the upper end portion8 of the flange being lipped over inwardly to engage the rail base. Theother flange 6 is higher than the flange5 and is provided with theapproxi- 'matelv vertical rail engaging face 9, and

with the lip 10 at the upper end of the same.

The lower portion of the flange,-be1ow the face 9, is recessed laterallyoutward, as

shown at 11. This recessing extends sufficiently beyond the'face 9 topermit the anchor to be readily applied to the base of a rail as shownin Fig. 2, the distance between the outer wall of said recess and theface 7 of the opposite flange being greater than the transverse width ofthe rail base. After theanchor has been applied to the rail so laterally(to the right looking at Fig. 1)

and is then moved so as to bring the opposite edge of the rail base intocontact with the face 9. When the anchor is in this position, anycreeping of the rail toward the tie will cause the anchor to be skewedon the rail base so that the edge of the face 9 nearest the tie and theedge of the face 7 farthest from the tie will be forced into bitingengagement with the vertical edges of the rail base.

12 is a leaf-spring which is secured at one end of the base portion 4and which is adapted to bear upwardly against the underside of the railbase, thus holding the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1. The baseportion 4 is recessed as shown at 13 so that in applying the anchor tothe rail, the spring may be pressed back flush with the general level ofthe surface of the base. 14 designates a tie engaging lug or pad whichbears against one side of the tie 3 at a point adjacent the edgeof therail.

\ It will be noted that the rail is very securelygripped by 'its edgesand that any tendency of the rail to creep endwise in the direction oftravel thereon will act to tighten the grip. It will further be notedthat no eifort is made in my improved anchor to secure a top and bottomgrip upon the surfaces of the rail base, but that the gripping is solelyat the edges of such base. Where reliance is placed upon top and bottomgrips the action is not satisfactory,

owing to the very considerable variations which occur in the thicknessof the edge portions of rail bases. Furthermore, the action which occurswith such devices tends to distort the gripping jaws so that when theanchor has once been removed from a rail it is usually useless forfurther service. There is comparatively. little variation in thewidth ofthe rail bases, and such slight l l G variations as may occur readilytaken. care of with my anchor by g" by decreased or increased skewposition of the anchor. When the anchor removed from the rail, it isuninjured and can be readily used over again.

In Figs. 3 and l l have shown a modification in my invei ,on which i in.some respects, preferable. The anchor is substantially the same as thatshown "q l 2, except that it normally s, across the rail base at agreater an le than illustrated in 2 l provioe the rail bearing lace 9 oithe flange 3 M h an inwardly extending bottom lip 9*, so taat thegripping face 9" isbetween this lip and the top lip 10 l'lere again noattempt made to secure binding ,ip it between these two lips, the lowerbeing provided olely for the porpo oil preventing the hi ng of theanchor by the tamping of ballast thereunder. l e aeiion is the sameotherwise as with t l describedthat s, the edge oi farthest away fromthe tie and the face 9 nearest the tie take a on the rail base duringany creepi of the rail.

In applying this form of rail anchor, one flange of the rail base isinserted into t" e recess 11 so a to permit the lip 8 to clear theopposite edge or the rail. 1 anchor is then moved to the right looki atW in until the lip S, at the lcrt Or the anchor, extends the desireddistance over the upper edge of the rail base. T 1e end of the chor atthe right of Fig. 3 is then skewed in a direction away from the tieuntilv the lip 9" clears the edge of the rail. This end of the anchor isthen lowered. and skewed in a direction toward the tie until the edge ofthe face 9 nearest the tie engages the vertical edge of the rail base.

I claim:

1. A rail anchor comprising a base poi tion formed with an upwardlyextending flange at each end, each oi said flanges having anapproximately vertical rail gripping inner face, said. faces being atdifferent heights from the top of the base and adapt-- ed to engage therail at points longitudinally remote from each other, whereby thegripping may be effected l horizontally skewing the anchor, and a springseated. on said base portion and an god to bear upwardly against theunderside of the base of a rail, substantially as described.

2. A rail anchor comprising a base portion formed with an upwardlyextending flange at each end, each of said flange, having anapproximately vertical rail grippinginner face, said faces eing atdifferent heights from the top of the base and ad oted to engage therail points lon,,,ltudinally remote from each other, whereby the incensea rail to hold the anchor in its skewed position.

8. A rad anchor comprisnig a base portion formed with an upwardlyextending flange at each end, each of said flanges ha ving anapproximately vertical rail gripping inner face, and a sp lng seated onsaid base portion and arranged. to bear upwardly against the undersideof the base of a rail, said rail gripping faces being at differentheights from said base an l ;he flange having the big ier grip vlacebeing recessed below and laterally beyond said lace, substantially asdescribed.

4;. A rail anchor comprising a base portron, formed. with an upwardlyextending El: nge each end, s l flanges being of di f1-- ent heights,each nange having an inner approximately vertical rail gripping face,and the higher flange being recessed later ally below and beyond saidface, said base and flanges being substantially rigid and 'anged to gripa rail base by skewing the anchor horizontally, substantially asdescribed.

rail anchor comprising a base portion, formed with an upwardly extendingflange at each end, said flanges being of dil :terent heights, eachflange having an inner approximately vertical rail gripping face l thehigher flange being recessed later ally below and beyond said face,together with a spring seated on said base portion an T arranged to bearupwardly against the base of a rail, substantially as described.

A rail anchor, comprising a base p0rtion formed with an upwardlyextending "la-nge at each end, said flanges being of different heights,each flange having an inner approximately vertical rail gripping faceand the higher flange being recessed laterally below and beyond saidface, together with a spring seated on said base portion and arranged tobear upwardly against the base of a rail, and the base portion having arecess to receive said spring, substantially described.

A. rail anchor, comprising a base portion formed with an upwardlyextending llange at each end, each of said flanges having anapproximately vertical rail gripping lace, said faces being at differentheights from said base, and there being an inwardly projecting lip atthe lower end of one of said faces, said base and flanges beingsubstantially rigid and arranged to grip a rail base by skewing theanchor horizontally, substantially as described.

8. A rail. anchor, comprising a base portion having an upwardlyextending flange at each end, each of said flanges having anapproximately vertical rail gripping face, the two rail gripping facesbeing at different heights from said base, and each of said flangesterminating at its upper end above the rail gripping face in an inwardlyprojecting lip, said base and flanges being sub stantially rigid andarranged to grip a rail 1 base by skewing the anchor horizontally,

substantially as described.

9. A rail anchor, comprising a base portion having an upwardly extendingflange at each end, each of said flanges having an approximatelyvertical rail gripping face, the

two rail gripping faces being at different heights from said base, eachof said flanges terminating at its upper end' above the rail grippingface in an inwardly projecting lip, and the flange having the railgripping face at the higher level also having a laterally extendingrecess below said face, said base and flanges being substantially rigidand arranged to grip a rail base by skewing the anchor horizontally,substantially as described.

10. A rail anchor comprising a yoke formed with jaws adapted to gripopposite edges of a rail base andformed with a re-' cess which normallyextends beyond one of the vertical edges of the rail base and is adaptedto receive one edge of the rail base during the application of thedevice to the rail.

11. A rail anchor comprising a yoke which normally extends diagonallyacross the bottom of the rail and is formed with jaws adapted to gripopposite edges of a rail base at points longitudinally remote from eachother and formed with a recess adja- I cent one of said jaws adapted toreceive one edge of the rail base during the application of the deviceto the rail.

12. A rail anchor comprising a yoke member which extends under a railbase and normally out of engagement therewith, jaw

. portions having lips adapted to extend over the upper surface of therail base, and a spring element for maintaining the anchor in operativeposition.

13. A rail anchor comprising a yoke member which extends under a railbase and normally out of engagement therewith, jaw

the upper surface of the rail base, and a spring element interposedbetween the yoke and rail base for maintaining a frictional engagementbetween the upper surface of the rail base and said lips whereby theanchoris held in operative osition.

In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand.

' LAURENCE J. BERKELEY.

